Khanvilkar claims opening day’s honours

Off-spinner Parag Madkaikar did most of the damage claiming four wickets conceding a miserly 13 runs in his 12 overs. He was well supported by Khanvilkar who captured three wickets for 16 runs.

At the Karnatak Sports Club ground, Deodhar XI were struggling at 49-4 after having restricted Dilip Vengsarkar XI to 140.

Vengsarkar XI medium-pacer Nikhil Kulkarni (3-22) returned thecompliments after his counterpart Darshan Bhoir (5-35) had emerged the wrecker-in-chief for Deodhar XI.

Gundappa Viswanath XI opener Mohan Rawle’s unbeaten knock of 79 (11×4, 1×6) has almost ensured a first innings lead for his team over Eknath Solkar XI at the Islam Gymkhana.

Electing to bat after winning the toss, Solkar XI batsmen were all at sea against the spinners. Off-spinner Siddarth Bhatkar claimed the bowling honours with a haul of 5-49 while left-arm spinner Manoj Giri (3-31) emerged the second best as Solkar XI were dismissed for 169.

Rohit Salunke (43) and Harshad Rawle (40) were the only two Solkar batsman who showed some resistance.

Brief Scores: Solkar XI (1st innings) 169 in 54.2 overs (Rohit Salunke 43, Harshad Rawle 40; Siddarth Bhatkar 5-43, Manoj Giri 3-31) vs Viswanath XI (1st innings) 139-2 in 46 overs (Manish Rawre batting 79, Vinit Indulkar 21)

Gavaskar XI (1st innings) 151 in 59.4 overs (Omkar Khanvilkar 55, Sammy Salaria 41; Atish Walingkar 2-16,Govind Pillay 2-18) vs Borde XI (1st innings) 95 in 41 overs

(Parag Madkaikar 4-13, Omkar Khanvilkar 3-16)

Vengsarkar XI (1st innings) 140 in 66.1 overs (Sameer Shaikh 45, Rubesh Kumar 20; Darshan Bhoir 5-35, Shakti Prasad 2-23) vs Deodhar XI (1st innings) 49-4 in 21 overs (Nikhil Kulkarni 3-22)